A Superior Court judge has overturned the results of a vote that defeated a vacancy decontrol ordinance in November.

Superior Court Judge Christine A. Farrington yesterday declared the results void, a victory for property owners who supported the ordinance that would have exempted buildings with four or fewer units, as well as all condo units, from rent control guidelines.

The group of 15 property owners, referendum sponsors and others filed a petition in December to overturn the vote, citing the number of ballots that were not counted and the number of people who did not have a chance to vote because of Hurricane Sandy.

The property owners were represented by attorneys Charles Gormally and Sean Smith, of Brach Eichler in Roseland. The November ballot question was voted down, 8,248 to 8,196, a 52-vote difference.

Gormally said 114 Hoboken residents displaced by Sandy cast valid ballots at polling stations outside of the Mile Square City, but noted those people could not vote on the public question because the out-of-town polling sites did not have the Hoboken ballot.

“It’s a nice idea to say you can walk into any town or county to cast a ballot,” Gormally said. “The problem develops when you walk into a polling place in say, Jersey City or Secaucus, and the voter is not presented with the Hoboken ballot.”

Cheryl Fallick, a spokeswoman for the Hoboken Fair Housing Association, a rent control advocacy group, said she hoped county election officials would “do the right thing” and appeal the judge’s ruling.

“In my mind, it is not a question of whether or not they were given the opportunity to vote, it is whether they had any interest in voting,” Fallick said.

The special election must be held within 60 days from when the judge signs the order.